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Zealotte t1_j299w44 wrote

I don't even know what it does at this point, I'm just happy it's there to do... something.

Even if that just makes it instantly disappear and nothing else happened.

I'm assuming there's more to it though. Haven't checked.

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brianhollings t1_j29kodk wrote

I believe it sends a report to your cellular provider. This is great because many people didn’t know they could report spam texts to their provider before.

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PercMastaFTW t1_j2c79m7 wrote

Yeah, when I push the button, says it sends it to both my provider and Apple

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dalahnar_kohlyn t1_j2ab3a5 wrote

It says report junk but where does it actually go?

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Puzzled_Counter_1444 t1_j2aelty wrote

I’ve had occasion to use it twice and if I recall correctly the report goes to Apple. I don’t recall what they do with the information but I doubt that it involves sending in the heavies or other forms of violence. On both occasions my unsolicited messages were pile-of-shit scamming or phishing attempts.

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dam000 t1_j2as4xg wrote

This page has all the info on the feature. Seems the carrier enabling it is probably stopping a lot of people from using this. Personally I don’t get that Report option

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iph203ab0be4/ios

When you use iMessage, you can report spam messages to Apple. Depending on your carrier and country or region, you can also report spam you receive with SMS and MMS.

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